''Drupadia theda'', the dark posy, is a species of butterfly belonging to the
lycaenid
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...
family described by
Cajetan Felder
Baron Cajetan von Felder (german: link=no, Cajetan Freiherr von Felder; 19 September 1814 – 30 November 1894) was an Austrian lawyer, entomologist and liberal politician. He served as mayor of Vienna from 1868 to 1878.
Life and career
Felder ...
and
Rudolf Felder
Rudolf Felder (2 May 1842 in Vienna – 29 March 1871 in Vienna) was an Austrian jurist and entomologist. He was mainly interested in Lepidoptera, amassing, with his father, Cajetan Felder, a huge collection.
Works
*with Cajetan Felder, Lepidopte ...
in 1862. It is found in the
Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...
.
[ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.]
The larvae feed on ''
Barringtonia'', ''
Saraca
''Saraca'' L. is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae ( legume family) of about 20 plant species of trees native to the lands from India, China and Ceylon to Malaysia and Sulawesi.
This plant can be grown outdoors in distinc ...
'', ''
Bauhinia'', ''
Millettia
''Millettia'' is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. It consists of about 150 species, which are distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The genus was formerly known by the name ''Pongamia'', but that name was r ...
'', ''
Garcinia'', ''
Lansium
''Lansium'' is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae, containing at least three species. The species ''Lansium parasiticum'' (synonym ''L. domesticum'' Corrêa) is a tropical fruit-bearing tree that is cultivated in tropical Southeast Asia, a ...
'', ''
Ixora'' (including ''
Ixora humilis''), ''
Arytera
''Arytera'' is a genus of about twenty–eight species known to science, of trees and shrubs and constituting part of the plant family Sapindaceae. They grow naturally in New Guinea, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Australia, the Solomon Islands, ...
'', ''
Pometia'' and ''
Lepisanthes'' species. They are attended by ants of the genus ''
Crematogaster'', including ''
Crematogaster diffiformis''.
Subspecies
*''Drupadia theda theda'' (Philippines: Luzon, Mindoro, Cebu, Mindanao, Marinduque)
*''Drupadia theda thesmia''
(Hewitson, 1863) (Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore)
*''Drupadia theda namusa''
(Hewitson, 1863) (southern Sulawesi)
*''Drupadia theda fabricii''
Moore, 1884 (Mergui, southern Burma, Thailand)
*''Drupadia theda thaliarchus''
(Staudinger, 1888) (northern Sulawesi)
*''Drupadia theda unicolor''
(Staudinger, 1889) (Palawan)
*''Drupadia theda demialba''
(Staudinger, 1889) (Nias)
*''Drupadia theda batunensis''
(Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Batu)
*''Drupadia theda umara''
(Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Borneo)
*''Drupadia theda vanica''
(Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Borneo)
*''Drupadia theda bangkaiensis''
(Ribbe, 1926) (Banggai)
*''Drupadia theda inexpectata''
(Ribbe, 1926) (Sulawesi)
*''Drupadia theda renonga''
(Corbet, 1938) (Thailand, Langkawi)
*''Drupadia theda albicans''
(Riley, 945
Year 945 ( CMXLV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* January 27 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown barely ...
(Sipora)
*''Drupadia theda pagiensis''
(Riley, 945
Year 945 ( CMXLV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* January 27 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown barely ...
(northern Pagi Islands)
*''Drupadia theda fulgens''
Cowan, 1974 (Bangka)
*''Drupadia theda pekas''
Takanami, 1982 Philippines (north-eastern Mindanao)
*''Drupadia theda miyo''
Takanami, 1987 (Philippines: eastern Mondoro)
*''Drupadia theda osadai''
Takanami, 1987 (Philippines: Bohol)
*''Drupadia theda tawiensis''
Schröder & Treadaway, 1989 (Philippines: Tawitawi Group)
*''
Drupadia theda nobumasai''
H. Hayashi. 1984
References
External links
''Drupadia''at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
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theda
Butterflies described in 1862